uka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uka"

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈkaʔ/ [ʔuˈkaʔ]
• Hyphenation: u‧ka

Noun

ukâ (Basahan spelling ᜂᜃ)

1. wail, wailing

   Synonyms: ngaringi, agagha, haya

Derived terms

• mag-uka
• pauka
• ukaan

Bunun

Verb

uka

1. not have

Ese

Noun

uka

1. bird
2. headdress

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *quta (compare with Maori uta and Tongan ʻuta), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan (compare with Malay hutan (“jungle, forest”) and Iban utan (“ibid.”)), from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).^[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ka/, [ˈu.kə]

Noun

uka

1. inland (interior part of a country)

Adverb

uka

1. towards the mountain

Derived terms

• mauka

References

1. Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “uka”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 365
2. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “quta.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
3. Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2003) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 238

Japanese

Romanization

uka

1. Rōmaji transcription of うか

Kuna

Noun

uka

1. (anatomy) skin

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi oka, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ok, from Proto-Tupian *ekʷ.^[1]

Cognate with Brazilian Portuguese oca and Paraguayan Guaraní óga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ka/, [ˈu.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Hyphenation: u‧ka

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Noun

uka (IIc class pluriform, plural uka-itá, absolute uka, R1 ruka, R2 suka)

1. house
2. home

   Ixé uka upé.

   I'm home!

3. nest (place used by an animal for depositing eggs and hatching young)

Related terms

• ira-ruka
• iraúka
• itaúka
• mukawaúka
• murasí-ruka
• pusanga-ruka
• tamarakaúka
• tapurú-ruka
• tupana-ruka
• tupauku
• tupã-ruka-mirĩ
• uka penasawa
• uka-akanga
• uka-iwa
• uka-pitasukawa
• uka-pupekasara
• uka-rawa
• wasaí-ukapura
• yapuna-ruka
• yumbuesara-ruka

References

1. Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “uka”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 785

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• uken

Noun

uka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of uke

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈkaʔ/ [ʔʊˈxaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: u‧ka

Noun

ukâ (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃ)

1. crack (break on a surface)

   Synonym: bitak

Anagrams

• kau, Kua

Uzbek

Noun

uka (plural ukalar)

1. younger brother